Wheel.



W. HALLINAN.

WHEEL. APPLICATION FILED AUG.30,1 911.

Patented Sept. 10, 1912.

WILLIAM HALLINAN,

OE GREENVTLLE, KENTUCKY.

WHEEL.

Specification of Letters Eat-e111;

Patented Sept. it 13912,

Application filed August 30, 1911. Serial No. 646,873.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM HALUNAN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Greenville, in the county of Muhlenberp; and State ofKentucky, have invented a new and useful Wheel, of which the followingis a specification. v

The present invention aims to provide novel means for supporting a tireresiliently, to provide novel means for preventing a creeping of thetire, and to provide novel. means for preventing lateral movement of thetire.

With this and other objects in view this invention consists in theconstruction. combinations and arrangement of parts all as hereinaftermore fully described, specifically claimed and illustrated in theaccompanying drawings, wherein,

Figure 1 is a side elevation of a Wheel constructed in accordance withthe inventiona part of the retaining plate being broken away. Fir. 2 isa section on the line 22 of Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a perspective view of aportion of the felly, the view showing in detail my improved tire. Fig.l is a perspective view of the cover which is carried on thc'rctaininnplate.

Reference being had to the drawing, 1 indicates the huh of a wheelhaving the spokes 2 radiating therefrom to the telly Arranged at regularintervals on the telly are lugs which are seated in orifices cut in theouter face of the said telly. Spaced from the telly 3 by the springs 5,is a band 6. comprising a series of segments pivotally secured togetherby pins 7, each of said. segments hav inn: on'its under face, a lug 8similar to the lug 4. The coil springs 5 are adapted to encircle thehiss 8 and 4 which are carried on the hand and on the telly,respectively, and be firmly retained thereby.-

Surrounding the hand 6 is a tire 9 prefcraloly constructed of ruhher andadapted to come into direct contact with. the ground. Extending throughthe tire at regular intervals adjacent the hand 6 are the transversepins. the pins rn-otruding on each side of the tire and band and forminglugs 10 adapted to engage the side retaining plates 11. Theseretainingplates are rigidly se- Copies. of this patent may cc obtainedfor five cent cured to each side of the folly 3 by bolts 12 extendedthrough the telly and the plates. A series of slots 14 are providedadjacent the periphery of the plates 11 and these slots are adapted toreceive slidahly the lugs 10 of the tire, thus permitting the tire tocompress the springs 5. A, cover 13 pivoted onv the plates 11 adjoiningeach of the slots 14: and the cover has a convexed portion 15 to permitthe reciprocation of the lugs 10. The lugs 10, engaging in the convexedportions or recesses 15 of the mem hers 13 serve to prevent the members13 from swinging, an uncovering of the slots ll being thereby avoided.

From the foregoing it will readily be seen that the rubber tire 9 willcause the Wheel to run Without noise, the springs the resiliency.

The retaining plates 11 prevent'any foreign matter from being admittedinto the space A between the band 6 and the telly 3, and also retain thesprings 5 against lateral displacement, as Fig. 2- Will clearly show.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by United States Letters Patent is:

In a Wheel, a telly; a. yieldable band surrounding the telly; a tirecarried by the band; rigid side plates secured to the folly and providedwith radial slots; lugs on the tire mounted to slide in the slots;closures for the slots pivoted to the side plates and provided withrecesses receiving, the lugs slidahly,- the lugs engaging in therecesses to prevent pivotal movement of the closures and a consequentuncovering of the slots; and springs abutting against the band andagainst the telly, the springs being engaged throughout their entirelengths by the side plates to prevent a buckling of the springs and toprevent a consequent Withdrawal of the lugs from the recesses.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto affixedmy signature in the presence of two Witnesses.

WILLIAM HALLINAN.

Witnesses:

G. Coornn,

M. WHEELER.

5 each, by addressing the (lemmissloner c1 Patents,

' Washington, 3. G.

5 furnishing-

